There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.

There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best read more

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar read more

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, read more

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.